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July 07, 2008

In this issue, the featured topic focuses on the management of chronic illnesses. More than 90 million Americans live with a chronic illness and many live with more than one. Seventy-five percent of the nation's aggregate health care spending is devoted to treating chronic illnesses.

Health care providers and payers have responded to this challenge by developing innovations in disease and/or care management services.

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Innovation Profiles:
	-	Crisis Management Simulation Course Receives Positive Reviews, Enhances Communication and Teamwork Among Labor and Delivery Practitioners During Crises

	-	Disease Management Programs Generate Improvements in Compliance, Adherence to Evidence-Based Processes, and Outcomes by Targeting Sickest Patients and Working Closely With Physicians

	-	Individualized, In-Home Program Identifies and Addresses Environmental Problems That Can Worsen Asthma Control

	-	Plan-Funded, Practice-Based Care Coordinator, Disease Management Services, and Financial Incentives Lead to Better Outcomes and Reduced Costs for Medicare Advantage Enrollees

	-	Practice-Based Teams of Clinicians and Development Experts Enhance Access to Care and Improve Parenting Skills and Knowledge Among Children and Their Families

	-	Remote Visits by Pediatricians for Sick Children at Inner-City and Other Child Care Centers/Schools Reduce Absences and Emergency Department Use

	-	Revised Consent Process Based on Customized, Easy-to-Understand Form Enhances Patient Understanding and Decisionmaking for Cardiac Catheterization and Related Interventional Procedures

	-	Standardized Shift-Change Process Optimizes Time for Transfer of Patient Care Responsibility, Leads to High Levels of Nurse and Patient Satisfaction
QualityTools:
	-	Becoming a High Reliability Organization: Operational Advice for Hospital Leaders

	-	Best Practice Intervention Package: Physician Relationships

	-	Child Asthma Risk Assessment Tool^© (CARAT)

	-	Cultural Competence Health Practitioner Assessment

	-	Designing and Implementing Medicaid Care Management Programs: A User’s Guide

	-	Fracture Prevention Treatments for Postmenopausal Women With Osteoporosis

	-	Health Information Technology Survey Compendium

	-	Healthy People 2010

	-	HIV/AIDS: A Manual for Faith Communities

	-	Inner-City Asthma Study Questionnaires

	-	Lean Hospitals: Six Sigma and Lean Healthcare Forms

	-	Osteoporosis Treatments That Help Prevent Broken Bones: A Guide for Women After Menopause

	-	Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation

	-	Pay for Performance: A Decision Guide for Purchasers

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July 07, 2008

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